What was the biggest band to have completely disappeared from public consciousness in present day?
>>121461869Creedence
REM
The Police still average huge numbers on streaming platforms. They definitely haven't lost consciousness, and my younger coworkers definitely know of a few of their songs.
>>121461875>Leads?
>>121461869OingoBoingo. Mountain. Jefferson Airplane. Anvil.
One of the 2000s bands
>>121461875>36 million listeners in Spotify, same as The BeatlesNo way, they have only memorable songs.
>>121461869Motley Crue
>>121461869They are still huge in the UK and Every Breath You Take has over a billion views on YouTube
>>121461869Not even close >>121461875No.>>121461888Yes.
>>121461869They have nearly 30M monthly listeners on Spotify, Every Breath You Take is still regularly played at weddings and Sting remains very well known
>>121461869INXS
>>121461869Nothing beats Hootie and the BlowfishThey went from sellling over 20 million albums to complete irrelevance in 2 years
>>121462130Crazy they had a movie in 2019 starring (arguably) some big names like MGK, all the drama about kicking out Mick/them not playing their instruments and that Pam and Tommy show last year or so and yet I see nobody talking about them
The first Puddle of Mudd album went 3x platinum with over 5 million copies soldThe follow up album just went gold
>>121461869ELP were a touring force on the level of Led Zeppelin in the 1970s but once the 80s hit they were irrelevant. Probably due to no significant hit singles and an overall 'nerdy' sound. Pic rel is from when they played for 78,000 people at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal in 1977.
This went 12x Platinum in the UK and was best selling album of the year 2 years in a row
>>121462424overexposure's a bitch
>>121462478here's another pic i was able to find, very low res
Meat LoafCarole KingAce of BaseDido Def Leppard
8 Million copies sold
>>121462424This is a good one. >>121461888 checked and good one. I still put REM on sometimes theyre great. They were one of the biggest bands in the world in the early 90s when Losing my religion and Shiny Happy People were on MTV.
Keane, Travis, Snow Patrol and any post-britpop band that isn't Coldplay
SantanaMost people now probably know him only for the song Smooth sith Rob ThomasSpeaking of which, Matchbox Twenty could qualify as well
>>121462503I saw LIve open for weezer in 2017. They were actually quite good i was impressed. Singer can belt it out
>>121462625That was when Ed returned to the band right, they made one album without him
bump
>>121462443MGK wasn't a big name when this came out. The movie was pretty low-budget as well. It wasn't anything like the Queen movie.
U2
>>121462579AND I SAID BABY
>>121461869-Police were MASSIVE, gone but with a truly great catalogue that will always get plays. Zooms and Alphas know their songs, so>>121461875>Creedencethey were big but mainly just in the USA>>121461888>REM good choice, press darlings in their day but completely gone now. Catalogue prob not getting much play due to annoying voice, out-of-style sound.>>121461906>OingoBoingo. Mountain. Jefferson Airplane. Anvil.OP said big. lol>>121462130>Motley Crue>>121462390>INXSboth too trendy to be condsidered Police-tier big>>121462424>Hootie and the Blowfishstupidest name ever, some good songs can't overcome a name that stupid>>121462461>Puddle of Muddlolwut? where you getting your figures from? they've sold a complete total of 7 mil. not close to big.>>121462478>ELP50 mil sales.pretty big and gone like a ghost>>121462482>Simply Redhuge, but they kinda retiredlots of plays still for sure>>121462499>Meat Loaf>Carole King>Ace of Base>Dido>Def Leppardonly Meat Loaf and Def Leppard were bigMeat Loaf had a huge album but made the mistake of trying to do the same thing on Album #2Def Leppard, victims of taste change - killed by grunge and indie>>121462503>>Livenever understood their (super-brief) popularity >>121462518>Keane, Travis, Snow PatrolKeane was much, much bigger than the otherstheir first album was absolutely huge, won tons of awards, and still gets lots of play.the others, yeah, dead.>>121462579>SantanaWell, they've had like 70 members rotate through that "group".Theseus' ship>>121463736>>121462443>MGKhe literally only has two songs with any streams, and one is because of Camila Cabello.and those songs are 4- and 7-years old.so, not big just a one-hit wonder.but yeah, he's finished.>>121464267>U2they'll always get plays but they went on far too long with bad material - and Bono being holier-and-hipper-than-thou really turned people off.
>>121462382To be fair Sting's quite famous outside of the police, he did a song for that Arcane show 2-3 years ago so younger generations know him and he was in the old 1984 Dune movie which has gotten some attention recently as well
>>121461869>the biggestyeah, the biggest band shit.
>>121461869most streamed song of the 80s>>1214618752nd and 13th most streamed 60s songs, 7th most streamed 70s song>>121461888>>121462380>>12146250813th most streamed 90s song>>121462518>KeaneSomewhere Only We Know currently 2nd most streamed 2000s song (tiktok hit in 2022)
Hanson
Herman's Hermits sold 80 million (!) records and were bigger than The Beatles in the mid-60s when the popular narrative was that The Beatles were the biggest band in the world after Ed Sullivan. Today no one under 50 knows who they are except music nerds and those with boomer parents who listened to them.
BARRY MANILOW
>>121465250>believes everything he reads
>>121465054Streaming is irrelevant, boomer. It doesn't make any money and it doesn't clean the house either.
>>121461869diddy
artists in the 100 best selling of all-time outside of the top 1000 on Spotify, the list is from a few weeks ago:Bing Crosby #2943Barbra Streisand #2281Kenny G #2200Janet Jackson #1959Deep Purple #1799Carpenters #1592Garth Brooks (this clown is only on Amazon Music, my guess is he would be #1575 or so in an all-platforms list)Neil Diamond #1566Genesis #1453Andrea Bocelli #1401Julio Iglesias #1312Roberto Carlos #1264Chicago #1263Kenny Rogers #1255Santana #1070Prince #1069Jimi Hendrix #1058Eric Clapton #1022Aretha Franklin #1020Enya #1011Honorable mentions:Robbie Williams #973Bob Dylan #960
>>121465577>Chicago #1263their 1970's music is fucking basedboomers had somme elite shit
>>121465555>Streaming is irrelevant, boomer.?>It doesn't make any moneyover $50 billion last year
>>121465601I think it's similar to Genesis where the main reason they're in the 100 of all-time is the 80s stuff, though Chicago did have a bunch of hits in the 70s
>>121465054Damn Keane are that big? I remember hearing them on the radio quite a bit but wow
>>121461875first post worst post
>>121461869The breathing your every breath song still gets played daily though
>>121465577>Deep Purple #1799I have noticed that deep purple keeps getting less popular compared to their peerssomeday people won't recognize 0-3-5
>>121465577>neil diamondsad but most of his output has been saccharine shit but from 1966-1972 he was unstoppable
>>121465577Robbie Williams is pretty high when you consider that he was niche in America. The fact he's competing with Dylan mostly based off the UK is impressive.
>>121465952to be clear it's "only" the 20th most streamed song of the 2000s but it's #2 in daily streams, behind Natasha Bedingfield's Unwritten (tiktok again)
>>121462424Nobody could name anyone else in the band, but Darius Rucker has been fairly successful as a solo artist, so there's that.
>>121465250>were bigger than The Beatles in the mid-60snope, in 1965 only.Also: they only existed for 3 years.2 number 1's, 9 Top 10. damn good for 3 years
>>121461869Def Leppard was fucking massive in the 80s. I doubt many people born after 1990 have heard of them.
>>121465620both groups went pure treacle in the 1980's (except Genesis Duke which is 1980 I think and very good).but their 1970's music is far superior.and Chicago especially is excellent.that jazz-tinged rock/pop is a kino genre. those guys were extremely talanted musicians. kind of in awe
>>121467015the UK was just 30% of his album sales actually, I'd say his streaming numbers are pretty bad for such a recent superstar, he's kinda like the Garth Brooks of Europe
>>121465607he prob meant it doesn't make any money for the artist, which is true.they have to make rent with merch and gigs.terrible time to be a musician.
>>121466924look at Clapton and Hendrixguitar music is dead
>>121467135>I doubt many people born after 1990 have heard of them.Nah. They are one of the bigger 80s bands still around- they still play big auditoriums and do a Vegas residency every year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41n2eE6qzWQ
>>121465952>Damn Keane are that big?They were very big.Keane's debut album Hopes and Fears was the UK's second best-selling album of 2004.It is one of the best-selling albums in UK chart history.The band won two awards at the 2005 BRIT Awards: Best British album for Hopes and FearsBritish breakthrough act awardAs well as Ivor Novello award for songwriter of the year
>>121461869Aerosmith.
>>121467107The Beatles had three #1 albums and five #1 singles in 65, HH had two #2 albums and two #1 singles, and the vast majority of their success was in the US. They were never "bigger than The Beatles", someone who actually was around 66 is Herb Alpert.
>>12146730313th most streamed 70s song, 26th 90s song
Grand Funk Railroad>released six platinum and seven gold-certified albums between their recording debut in 1969 and their first disbandment in 1976>By 1971, Grand Funk equaled the Beatles' Shea Stadium attendance record, but sold out the venue in just 72 hours whereas the Beatles concert took a few weeks to sell ou
>>121467238no I think Leppard is a good example, Pour Some Sugar On Me is a minor classic ig but that's it, young people don't go to these shows you mentioned
>>121467284Their second album was a hit too. Is It Any Wonder got a ton of airplay at the time. They changed their sound on their third album to more of an '80s synthpop style and it didn't work out for them, though I remember the lead single being pretty catchy.
>>121461875I'm a zoomer and i fucking love ccr
>>121464915>they were big but mainly just in the USAnot really
>>121464915>they were big but mainly just in the USANot even true
>>121467800Based.
>>121467135lots of people have
>>121461869I haven't heard anyone mention Nickleback for years (knock on wood)
>>121461869>>121461875>>121461888>>121462130>>121462390>>121464267These bands still have a lot of fansHaven't disappeared from public consciousness >>121462424>>121462461>>121462478>>121465250These bands have disappeared
>>121470937We have a Nickelback thread practically every week.
>>121472343I hope it's the same poster, that said How You Remind Me is definitely a classic
>>121461869Kasabian by a long shot
>>121461891I know it’s Sting solo but Englishman in Newyork is a zoom zoom folk song at this points. They think that “I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien” line is the deepest thing since sliced bread
>>121473680The front man getting fired didn't help
>>121461869You now remember Counting Crows
>>121461869The Cowsills (almost universally forgotten)Third Eye BlindMatchbox TwentySmash MouthHansonCandlebox (forgotten even by grunge fans)BushHootie and the Blowfish (as >>121462424 pointed out)Puddle of Mudd (I forgot they were a thing until this post: >>121462461 )Ace of BaseLive (as >>121462503 said)Herman's Hermits (which I didn't even know were that big until this post: >>121465250 [so thanks to that dude because that is legit interesting])Counting Crows (I forgot they even existed until this poster: >>121474532 reminded me lol)Paul Whiteman (I'd almost bet money that not one single poster on /mu/ has even heard of him, but he was legit the biggest jazz band leader in the world when jazz was the biggest genre on earth, but now he's obscure even among jazz fans)However, I'm going to have to disagree with ELP and Grand Funk Railroad. Most classic rock fans at least know who they are.
>>121475564>Smash MouthStill relevant because of the Shrek memes and because frontman died recently
>>121475582That doesn't make them "relevant" though. They spent their final years playing county fairs. These guys had multiple mega-hit albums and singles and a decade and change later they couldn't give away tickets. That's pretty fucking crazy.
>>121475564What about Everclear and Collective Soul
>>121461869ULTIMATE EXAMPLE:Milli VanilliSeriously, they might have been the biggest musical act on the planet for like a year and now they might as well not even exist. Even other lip-synching acts like Boney M didn't vanish like they did.Speaking of the early 90s, MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice were two of the biggest musicians alive for a year or so and I don't think either of them have ANY fans anymore.
>>121475659Collective Soul weren't THAT big and I don't even remember Everclear well enough so I'm not sure about them.
>>121475663>MC Hammer and Vanilla IceKid 'n Play and Kris Kross were two other rappers that no one gives a fuck about anymore. Though Kris Kross is almost cheating because teen music acts never retain an audience.
>>121475699>teen music acts never retain an audienceSpeaking of which, Silverchair is another example from grunge.
>>121475709They managed to reinvent themselves with a few decent albums but the lastone was mediocre pop rock
>>121475675>and I don't even remember Everclear well enoughThere was one summer that I heard this song fucking everywhere, and then never again.https://youtu.be/MW6E_TNgCsY
>>121475675Collective Soul s/t went triple platinum and So Much for the Afterglow sold 2.2 million copies.
>>121475752Well shit. I guess they might count then.
he was pretty big on the late 90s early 00s but now is only remembered for trying to claim he totally had sex with prime natalie portman
>>121476409He has also really gone insane with his veganism and TDS
>>121465250i got into them for a while years ago and used to rant about this all the time. they had so many songs that everyone knows but theyre literally never talked about. another one is the four seasons. put on their greatest hits or whatever and realize you know EVERY single song, some of which you didnt realize they did. i know they had a gay musical a few years ago but nobody cares about their music
>>121476409he wasnt that big as in nobody actually listened to him and his music was pretty gay. he was one of those 'forced' famous people like post malone where you read about how theyre the #1 in the universe yet know nobody who ever listens to their music. is moby jewish? im convinced post malone is
>>121478069His music was used in all the films and commercials in the early 00s
5th best selling album of the 00s in the UK (10x platinum)Over 3 million copies sold in the UK and 7 million worldwide
>>121478069>is moby jewish?Ha no, he's as WASP as it gets and his stage name comes from how Herman Melville was a great great great granduncle of his.
>>121475597Not really when you consider how irrelevant most ots rock became pretty quickly.
>>121478136ots rock?
>>121478075ya that means that anyone listens to it, just like faust who was in every ad for 3 months and then disappeared despite her zero fans>>121478099ok then he was rich and his dad knew music biz people or something. there's no way his success was organic, nobody listened to his shit
>>121462493>>121462478I have that album, its really good. For the OP question: Peter Gabriel. Never made a bad album, the greatest hits collections are a joke, totally gone.
>>121475675Collective Soul were actually pretty big in the mid 90s. My parents were huge fans.
>>121461869Kanye dropped a Roxanne reference two months ago
Florence and the Machine
>>121479658they did a feature on the new taylor album, so that might get them back in the spotlight
>>121462461These guys are (unfortunately) making a comeback with the rising popularity of a "divorced dad rock" TikTok trendNever forgethttps://youtu.be/yTh9qiXEy4Q?si=v9ayyAIJZf5YeL3h
>>121479703>divorced dad rock tiktok trendlmao i joked before we would see a buttrock revival after the nu metal revival but i didnt think it actually would happen
>>121479658Still pretty popular in the UK
Jethro Tull
Phoenix was headlining festivals for the period from 2009-2013ish, had their songs in car commercials and stuff like that, now nobody outside of nostalgic millennials remembers. You don't even hear their stuff as background music in malls or stores.
>>121479658never that big, little more than a one hit wonder
>>121461869Sha Na Na
>>121480131>>121480694Huge enough to be on Taylor Swift's new album, which neither of us care about. She can't possibly be more mainstream and popular than right now.
>>121467421>young people don't go to these shows youActually some do. Moreover, the criteria wasnt "young people" it was>completely disappeared from public consciousnessYou dont sell out arenas and do Vegas residencies if you have completely disappeared from public conciousness
>>121461869AC/DC
>>121467421
>>121476409He did she’s just embarrassed.
>>121461869Police still get spammed on the radio all the time.
>>121476409He never recovered from the Eminem Diss
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
im from europe but 50 cent just sorta faded away
>>121481739Didn't he just go on a sold out international tour. Fat Joe would probably be a better example since lean back was huge during that era but he's irrelevant AF.>>121481733I think their first 3 albums still get spoken about a lot but nothing else. They also had a verzuz with 3 6 mafia a bit ago.
>>121478069>if my friends don't listen to an artist that means nobody does and it's a jewish psyoppeople like you ruined this board
Craig David
>>121479658Dog Days Are Over has 1 billion streams on Spotify
>>121482275also Smash Mouth's All Star has 1.1b and Counting Crows' Mr Jones 750m
>>121480918somehow worse post than OP's, can't wait for "The Beatles"
>>121481739nah 50's still big, most streamed album from 2003
>>121478069That one single he had with Gwen Stefani was inescapable on the radio for a solid year.>>12148173950 stopped being taken seriously as a music artist when Graduation outsold Curtis. Now he's just famous for being famous.
>>121481307>Taylor Swift performed with Def Leppard in 2008 on the redneck channelcool
>>121482495you would think so
>>121461869the entire genre of Eurodance has fucking died 15 years ago and it's remnants are only ever used for unfunny memes or tiktok slop. when was the last time you thought about Cascada and it wasnt the Charles Manson dancing in court webm?
>>121482256i rarely talk about le jews, but when a random nobody becomes THE BIGGEST THING out of nowhere and its impossible to understand how that could happen organically, my spidey sense does tingle
>>121482420>single he had with Gwen Stefaniya i vaguely remember that. again it was totally forced on the radio etc, but nobody was playing that song intentionally day to day. checked 420 digits maaaaannn
>>121483272one thing about Moby is that he was much bigger in Europe than in the US, the media was aware of this, Eminem was aware of this, but I can see why the average american would be confused as to why he would be so famous
>>121467202it is a sad state of affairs, but true
>>121482813I don't watch TikTok, so to me, Everytime We Touch is still high school dance music. Come to think of it, I also remember Evacuate the Dancefloor being a hit, but I had no idea it was her until now.
>>121478088this and Travis - The Man Who were inescapable albums in the UK around 1999/2000, pretty much my first “conscious” music memories, but neither get played or even mentioned anymore
>over 40 million copies sold
>>121484816she had 3 huge albums. I wouldn't call that just disappearing.
>>121480263They have at least one song that will keep them remembered.>>121480763This is a great example.
>>121481655Did ANYONE ever get hurt more by being dissed on a song than he did?
The Streets
All-American Rejects
>>121461869I don't remember
>>121461869>have a song with almost 2 billion streamsreally op?
>>121489082Hey they got that Bionicle collaboration as their legacy, that's pretty good
>>121461875They still get steady airplay.
>>121484816wouldn't that put it in the top 15 of best selling albums of all time?
>>121491884it sold 34m and is 11th of all-time, I wouldn't say she disappeared though, two of her songs are still popular which is two more than Madonna
RadioheadThey made In Rainbows which went #1 and it seemed like they were finally going to get that mainstream exposure then after 2008 they turned into some weird fucking hermit band or something and release albums randomly every 8 years now that no one cares about anymore
The Supremes
>>121492675>They made In Rainbows which went #1 and it seemed like they were finally going to get that mainstream exposuredo you think radiohead were some underground band before in rainbows?
>>121480694More of a cult band really. They were never mainstream despite getting a lot of airplay/tv/festival time. But ask any lower middle class Bong chick under 40 and they revere Welch, she was the 00s Kate Bush. So I'd put them in the Artic monkeys tier, A list indie band with strong, loyal following.
>>121484816Great example.>>121487522Only really popular here in the UK, no?
>>121461928This. There's some sort of weird corporate memory holing going on for any rock music from the 2000's that wasn't Linkin Park or the White Stripes.
>>121461869Sunk his own legacy and permanence in the public eye in the internet era by being too much of a litigious faggot>>121494548To be fair a lot of the UK ones had one or two very strong lead singles and then a shitton of filler. Quality control of 00s indie rock was awful. Fratellis, Dandy Warhols, Franz Ferdinand, Art Brut, Futureheads and the like all started strong and then sunk due to too much filler on follow-up albums and mushy 00s production stripping the tonality out of their music into digital washy mush. And then you had absolute trash toward the end of the 00s like Pigeon Detectives souring a generation of UK zoomers on guitar music altogether for the next decade. Only ones who largely beat it were Maximo Park who still break the UK top 10 regularly because they took a few years off around 2010 when they realised their third album was falling into the same trap and came back refreshed. Aside from their most recent which was recorded in pieces under covid lockdown, their production/engineering has always been much more careful than the rest too and that plays a big part in it imo. Strong cult following to this day especially in Germany.
>>121491980>two of her songs are still popular which is two more than Madonnagatdam that's harsh
>>121462424Best answer ITT
>>121464267>U2they literally made billions in Vegas with their shows in the Sphere.
>>121494339Yeah Streets didnt do much in the US. Dry Your Eyes is the only track of theirs I remember hearing on the radio
>>121480648Phoenix had 2 big hits essentially - 1901 and Listzomania They're also French, which is kind of a separate thing from the UK/US industry, and with the exception of Daft Punk you rarely see French acts cross over big time in the Anglosphere
>>121463756You're out of touch, zoomers defend the barbie girl song.
>>121465577This checks out, you b=never see zoomers talk about any of them accept for maybe Jimi Hendrix and Prince
>>121461869Counting Crows
>caring about what zoomers think
Dire StraitsAlanis MorissetteBruce Springsteen
>>121461869Cream
>>121461869Ultimate example:Bay City RollersThey sold 120 million records. Now tell me if you ever heard of this band until I mentioned them let alone name anything they did
>>121496871I couldn't name any song but I am aware of them as a British teeny bopper bubblegum 70s group. I'm also an autist about pop music minutia so I'm not a good representative of the public.
>>121494548Meds
>>121461869
>>121476409>>121478069>get some rest, pam. you look tired.BWEEEEEP
>>121496242>MONICA>could somebody please...find ja rule, get hold of this motherfucker so I can make sense of all thisonly things I recall of him, that and the shit song where he goes "where would I be without my babaaaay"
>>121498179didn't the main guy fuck out hard from alcoholism. almost pulled a winehouse
>>121498179They just released their final album
Mike Oldfield had one of the biggest selling albums of all time in Tubular Bells but a lot of people now probably never heard of himAnd the Bay City Rollers were insanely popular for a short time in the late 70s but completely disappeared really quickly. Their actual level of success is hard to know because a lot of people say their label hid the real sales numbers to rip them off but according to some sources they sold well over 100 million albums.
REO SpeedwagonForeigner
The 1975
YUUUUUGE IN LATE 90S
>>121480648That was their second wind. Their first album was a decent hit with the hipsters. Pretty much the same crowd that liked other forgotten groups like the Beta Band, Air, Tegan & Sara, etc. They also made a couple movie soundtracks back then (Shallow Hal and Lost in Translation).They actually still play If I Ever Feel Better sometimes at my local CVS, of all places.
>>121496190Which is funny because their lead guitarist was the third member of the band that was immediate predecessor to Daft PunkSomeone had to have had a significant industry connection if somehow two of the only groups in France to ever break over the anglo barrier were in the same friend group
>>121496151I never heard any Streets track on US radio. Mike Skinner's voice and flow are... an acquired taste, to put it lightly, and with the very British subject matter and production, he didn't cross over. None of that early grime/garage/2-step scene made any impact in America.
>>121461906oingo boingo had a niche zoomer resurgence before Danny Elfman was cancelled>>121463756one-hit wonders don't count IMO>>121465577santana may be it
>>121498792This is the third time they have been mentioned
>>121461928>>121462518>>121478088Only correct answers. Shit from the 70s,80s and 90s still gets massive airplay and exposure. Most stuff from the 2000s goes unnoticed. That David Gray album is one of my favorites yet I don't hear it anywhere anymore. It got massive airplay when it came out. Everyone is still jerking themselves off about how great the 80s and 90s were. The 2000s were a forgotton decade
>>121494548nope 2000s rock is all just really nerdy and forgettable trite
>>121496412>Dire Straitsmost streamed album from 1978 and 1985, Sultans of Swing 1.2b
>>121496871>Bay City Rollers sold 120 million records.on which planet
Liberace if he counts
>>121489093/thread
>>121496871>They sold 120 million records.That sounds fake.But yes, I've heard their music. I just doubt they were THAT big.
>>121499524Aqua wasn't a one-hit wonder.
>>121461869>Everyone in the comments pretending that well remembered bands are forgottenThere is only one true answer
>>121502357The most streamed album of 1978 is 'Jazz' by Queen and the most streamed album of 1985 is 'Songs from the Big Chair' by Tears For Fears.
>>121502401>>121502784This is a sales statistic BBC confirmedhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34323112
>>121503058if they were truly forgotten nobody would remember to post them
The Knack had the best selling single of 1979, and now more people know the meme parody my corona than they do the original
>>121503058You could list plenty of garage bands from that era.
>>121503090don't trust the BBC I guess, like a lot of media they're just repeating what the label told them, Bay City Rollers sold a dozen million albums max
>>121503062I mean full streams, not combining all songs, obviously people don't listen to Queen albums (except A Night At The Opera to some extent)
